showcase germany issue 387

Jan 2013

Welcome to the latest issue of ShowcaseGermany, brought to you by Production Paradise. We present the very best of the German visual media industry, with more information available in our online Photo and Film directories.

nhb is a full service post-production based in Hamburg, Berlin and Düsseldorf specialising in high-end visual effects and audio production for commercials. Since 1986, nhb has been led by its original owners and has enjoyed consistent growth by continuously opening new lines of business and applying the latest technologies.

nhb studios has also recently teamed up with The Mill, an internationally renowned post-production house, and now provides telecine standards like no other. The Mill’s Global Colour Team is now available to nhb clients in Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Berlin. The award-winning team of artists will grade in real time on a live feed footage from clients in Germany from their bases in London, Los Angeles and New York.

UPPERORANGE has been working out of Berlin since 2007. Jochen Hagelskamp, the man behind the show, has a great eye for talent. His background in film and photography combined with years of building a network in Germany and internationally has brought much success for his artists. Since 2012, he has purely focused on the placement of photographers, illustrators and 3D artists.

Lunik is a full service production company for photography, video and multimedia, covering all areas of production and location scouting, providing whatever is needed to ensure a successful shoot. Operating throughout Europe, the United States, South America, South Africa and Asia, Lunik has a worldwide network that allows the team to realise all kind of requests.

PX Group, with branches in Berlin, Munich and Hamburg, has over 30 years of experience in creative image retouching, composition and colour correction. Over the years, personal service and dedication have made PX clients’ first port of call for advice and inspiration when it comes to all kinds of image creation and composition.

The team's extensive knowledge of fashion, still life, cars, advertising and people imaging enables PX to be a reliable partner to clients when it comes to finding solutions to aesthetic, timing and cost matters.

PX Group expanded its services in 2008 to incorporate CGI technology for the creation of still and motion content in automobile and product visualisation. Future developments include handling interactive media content and motion film post production.

With it's new partner company iD-Film, the PX Group from now offers film production services including concept, shooting and post production.

Imagerefinery means creative retouching across media boundaries and CGI in all disciplines while reducing production costs and time.

To create new visual worlds the company works with the highest level of technology and artistic expression to produce complex composings, high-end retouching, entire new looks, illustrative digital artwork and complete CGI. Imagerefinery combines the whole scheme of digital tools to generate every kind of style or visualisation according to clients' specific requirements.

Darius Ramazani was commissioned by advertising agency JoussenKarliczek to shoot the new World Vision campaign in Cape Town. Instead of focusing on suffering and hardship, the organisation is appealing to the public to become sponsors with positive imagery and texts. The city light posters and high-circulation print inserts show young, smiling protagonists with the message “Da bist du ja!” (There you are!).

Darius has been working on a freelance portrait series entitled 'Authentic'. To commemorate what would have been the 100th birthday of publisher Axel Springer on 2 May, 2012, he also photographed portraits of centenarians.

Darius shot the first campaign for the kikola children’s store in Berlin, which sells furniture, home interior accessories, clothing and toys. His photos were further enhanced by Jule Roschlau’s striking illustrations.

Frankfurt-based photographer Thomas von Salomon recently shot a series of images for the Series One special edition for BMW. Thomas and his team shot in Munich, with post production by Albert Bauer Companies/Munich.

For over 15 years, Peter Wattendorff has produced photos for some of the top jewellers and fashion labels across Germany.

Presented in this Showcase is his freelance photo series 'Sleepless' which has already been featured in several art exhibitions, including the upcoming 'Die Große' at the Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, starting 24th February.

Sonja Mueller is an established photographer who works extensively across sports and lifestyle. She is recognised in Germany for her distinctive editorial, advertising and portrait work with leading publications.

Sonja's strong and unusual lighting schemes fuse with dynamic compositions to forge a transcendent vision of a twilight world that is simultaneously real and unreal, earthly and sublime. Her technique is bold and innovative, enabling her to create photos that, in the words of British photographer and publisher Rankin, are "iconographic, without looking unnatural."

In 2012, Sonja frequently worked in China and Malaysia. 76management is her new agency in Eastern Europe. She just finished a worldwide BMW sportswear campaign and continues to work towards her latest exhibition. Clients include Daimler, Casio, Adidas, Nike, BMW, Audi, Puma, General Electric, Bruno Banani, Fleurop, Siemens and Triumph.

Known for his dynamic photography and an ability to communicate atmosphere, soul and emotion, Marc Oeder is able to motivate and focus on the essentials. His functional brilliance combined with long experience complete the picture and allow for high quality results.

Specialising in advertising, Meinwelt Photography has been in the scene since 2006. Phil Meinwelt, born in 1987, started the company after transforming his hobby into a profession while assisting the Austrian photographer Werner Krug. The company is currently broadening its client base in the international market. Guido Maria Kretschmer is one of his clients.

Based in the centre of Germany, the MUP agency is a make-up and hair company. Specialising in beauty, editorial, fashion, advertising and television, represented artists come from across the country. Cities include Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Munich and Cologne, among others.

The company is known for its high-quality work, professionalism and friendly working atmosphere. Latest work includes LOOX Magazine, Credit Suisse and Reebok.

Haedler + Haedler GmbH is one of the biggest German providers for photo rental equipment and can also supply every kind of prop and set for staged productions. Its friendly service and long experience is one of the reasons international producers return time and again.

Perfect logistics, accurate maintenance and careful packaging, also for travelling abroad, are a matter of course, while uncomplicated and fast help for repairs, retail or spare parts is all part of the service. Partners for studio locations, location scouting, team vans, ironing services or even full production are available. Haedler + Haedler GmbH offers a full service and is fully committed to every professional production. Stay tuned on facebook for the latest tools and news.

Through its online system clients can get information about the huge variety of equipment on offer and can easily and swiftly send a detailed rental request.

Centrally located in downtown Berlin next to the Berlin Zoo and the Tiergarten Park, right between East and West, Das Stue remains sensationally quiet. A place full of elegance and esprit, the hotel blends the old with the new and fosters inspiring encounters and the sense of community with its salon-like atmosphere.

Das Stue offers 80 stylish rooms and suites that fuse furniture classics with contemporary design between a historic main building from the 1930s and a modern new building. It incorporates the casual all-day dining and avant-garde Mediterranean 5-Cinco by Paco Perez fine-dining restaurants, the Stue Bar and Lounge with adjoining terrace and views of the zoo, and a Spa with a pool and natural daylight. All public areas were sumptuously designed by the Spanish interior designer, Patricia Urquiola.